Fresh Market Award
What is the Product of the Year? Any product or service to the Fruit and Vegetable Industry may be put forward as a candidate for the Product of the Year title - new varieties of fruit

Fresh Market 2012 – registration is now open!
Fresh Market has became a regular item in the calendar of industry events and this year’s edition will already be the fifth. Fresh Market 2012, organised by the portal

Low supply of early onion
There is a very small amount of early peeled onion on the market. This situation will change in few week when early spring onion will arise on the market. Now that gap is being filled by onion

Offer for citrus fruits is getting poorer
 It is possible to find remains of poor quality oranges in retail chains, however import of these fruits has finished. The supply of citrus fruits was much lower recently. Importers

The apple season ends soon
Situation on the market of apples becomes complicated. Due to high prices there is a little demand for apples. Russian receivers consider prices of Polish apples to be too high. Bigger and

Bronisze – huge demand for Polish carrot
  The demand for “old” Polish has increased significantly and as a result prices went up. At the end of previous week the demand for carrot from last year crops was limited

Early cabbage – what next?
Due to drought the supply of early cabbage was not as fast as expected. In some regions of Poland prices of this vegetable have risen at the end of May. However few rainy days and warmer

Early potatoes – what next?
As we have already informed, previous week brought a significant drop in prices of early domestic potatoes. It seemed on Friday that prices stopped decreasing, however in Kalisz potatoes were

Poor quality broccoli
Everything because of lack of rain. It hasn’t been raining in many Polish regions for a long time. Such situation was in the centre of Poland as well as in małopolskie and kujawskie

How much will prices of tomatoes decrease?
There was a drop in prices of domestic tomatoes on Friday. Tomatoes in size B cost 21.00 – 22.00 PLN/ 6kg box, size BB 22.00 – 23.00 PLN/ 6kg box and BBB 23.00 – 34.00 PLN/

Bronisze – prices of sweet cherry
The supply of sweet cherry on the Bronisze wholesale market increased significantly last week. There are mainly imported fruits, however it is possible to buy Polish Rivan. Fruits are small and

High decrease in prices of early potatoes
Recently we wrote about low demand for early potatoes. We meant mainly imported vegetables but the problem concerns also Polish potatoes. Due to this Thursday brought drop in prices of domestic

Jabłka i truskawki na Euro
W ramach tej akcji mają być rozdawane jabłka, truskawki, rogale świętomarcińskie i soki. Dyrektor departamentu promocji i komunikacji resortu rolnictwa Anita Szczykutowicz

Decreasing prices of imported strawberries
Due to last week rains in Spain the supply of strawberries was low and prices increased significantly. The increase was at about 50%. The weather in Spain got better and the situation has

Early potatoes are getting cheaper
On the market there are still mostly imported vegetables. Season for domestic ones has already started and their supply is very low. However during last days it rose much enough to cause that

Poland: Citronex investing in tomatoes
In 2011 the company opened a state-of-the-art distribution centre in Zgorzelec, located by the Polish-German border. This distribution centre is equipped with 60 new chambers for ripening

Imported leeks are getting more expensive
Leeks in Belgium, Holland and France are expensive. It is caused by very low supply of good quality leeks (good enough to export). It is almost end of season because of such small amoun of this

First domestic strawberries
They are not really red yet but the taste is great – say suppliers from wholesale markets in Bronisze, Radom, Poznań and Rzeszów. In comparison to last year prices

Increasing demand for carrot
In April there was a stagnation on the market. Even best quality carrot was in price not higher than 1.00 PLN/ kg. At the beginning of May the situation changed. The supply of good quality

Polish tomatoes still expensive
The amount of tomatoes from Polish glasshouses is small and not enough to satisfy the demand generated by domestic and Russian markets. The difference between limited supply and high demand

Lower prices of imported pepper
Time before Easter as well as first days after holiday didn’t bring changes in prices of pepper imported from Spain. The price of red pepper was 38.00 – 40.00 PLN/ 5kg carton,

Cheaper radish
Low supply, especially of domestic radish, and high demand caused that prices of this popular vegetables went significantly up before Easter. Polish radish as well as imported cost over 2.00

Domestic tomatoes are getting cheaper
Just before Easter prices of Polish tomatoes from glasshouses were very high, even at the level of 60.00 PLN for 6 kg carton. Currently they are decreasing gradually. Lower prices come out of

Flood of tomatoes after Easter?
It seems that after Easter the amount of Polish tomatoes will increase significantly. One of producers from mazowieckie province says “Today we have few pallets but in two weeks it will

„Meloman” cauliflower
Cauliflower “Meloman” is a summer variety and is picked at the turn of June and July. The period of vegetation comes up 75 days. This variety is characterized by high fertility and